François Ngoc
Senior Data Engineer
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolFrançois Ngoc is a Senior Data Engineer in New York with 13 years of experience building robust data platforms for finance and ad tech, currently driving data engineering at Balyasny Asset Management. He blends deep backend systems expertise (Java, Scala, Python) with hands-on ETL and ingestion design—having implemented audience computation with Roaring Bitmaps, custom C procedures, PySpark pipelines, and flexible multi-protocol ingesters. François has a strong track record in distributed systems and reporting (SOLR, Redshift, Gemfire) and a PhD background in databases, XML and smart-card security that informs his focus on correctness and scalability. An active open-source contributor, he enhanced core functionality in projects like Apache Storm (improving topology submission UX) and helped found a Python HOCON parser, demonstrating both core-system and developer-experience sensibilities. Known for teaching and mentoring, he also delivers internal training on Python best practices and functional programming, bridging research-level rigor with practical production delivery.
13 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Master, Computer Science, Master, Computer Science at Pierre and Marie Curie UniversityBacchelor, Computer Science, Bacchelor, Computer Science at UVSQ Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (26)
parserator10
parser10
apache-storm10
python10
hocon10
progress-view10
configuration-management10
distributed-systems10
progress-indicator10
java10
javas10
progress-bar10
configuration-file10
configurations10
data-structure9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
chimpler/pyhocon
Dec 2014 - Nov 2021
HOCON parser for Python
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:67 releases, 1 review, 391 commits in 7 years
Contributions summary:François's initial commit included setting up the project, with subsequent commits focused on core HOCON parsing functionality in Python. They implemented the `ConfigTree` and `ConfigParser` classes, laying the foundation for parsing HOCON configuration files. Further commits added list, dict, and string support with the parsing of comments. The user has also implemented the merge functionality and has added file, url and string conversion utilities.
configurationhoconpythonparser
apache/storm
May 2014 - May 2014
Apache Storm
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:8 commits in 9 days
Contributions summary:François primarily contributed to the core logic of the Apache Storm project. Their work involved enhancing the `StormSubmitter` class by adding and refining a progress bar for tracking jar file uploads. This addition improves user experience by providing visual feedback during the topology submission process. The user also refactored the `submitJar` methods and incorporated changes for the progress bar functionality, suggesting they are familiar with the core submission mechanisms within the Storm framework.
apachebig-datastormjavaapache-storm
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